[fouc]

cronyism and networking are quite different things though

[bitL]

I agree that in theory they are different, but in practice they seem to blend quite significantly (viewed with my sample size of 1 of course).

[viscanti]

I just think you're over fitting to that sample size of one. It's like saying you're never going to talk to another human because two people once plotted a crime by talking to each other. You're conflating the ends with the means.

[monktastic1]

Does that mean that you don't trust yourself to separate them in practice?

[marssaxman]

Cronyism is what you call it from the outside; networking is what you call it from the inside.